pink 
ran bark. - Mullen-pink. See IftJuut I - Old-maid's 
pink tin- ."iiunon soapwort or Iwunclng-bet.- Pneas- 
ant's-eye pink. See det 1, above. ROM pink, an In- 
ferlor kind of red lake, produced by ptwlpluitlng a ilecm- 
tion of Braiil wood on to a chalk base. Sea-Pink, a 
species of thrift In Europe, Anueria wlgarii (A. man- 
II a. Of the color or Inn- railed pink Pink 
coral See coral. Pink crystals. Same as pint! ulU. 
Pink madder. See madder lota, under maddtrl. 
Pink salt. SeeanU. 
pink- (pingk), i-. I. [<l>ink*, .] To tinge or 
dye with a pink color. Wcbxter. 
pink ' i pi'iK'k), '' ' [< MI>- lMeten, D. piiiken, 
shut the eyes, wink, twinkle; cf. MD. pinrk- 
niMjui, wink; origin obscure. Cf. pink-eye*.] 
To wink; peep slyly. 
Though his iye on us therat pleasant lie pinltr, 
Yet will he thlnke that wesaie not as we thlnke. 
J. Hrymoa, Spider and Fly (1550). (Kant.) 
A hungry fox lay winking aw 
eyes. 
4600 
Them that were pint ejd,and had verie small eles, they 
termed ocelto. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xi. St. 
pinkie ' , pinkie 2 , etc. See pin I. //. 
pinkiness (ping'ki-nes), . Pink hue; the pale- 
red color of the pink. 
Mr. Bull ... had the general solidity and suffusive 
pinKnat of a healthy BrlU>n on the central Uble-land of 
fife. OeorffeBliot, Daniel Deronda, xxIL 
pinking (ping'king), . [Verbal n. of pink' 1 , 
r.] The operation or process of punching a 
decorative pattern of scallops and small holes 
or eyes along the margin of silk and other fab- 
rics used for dress or upholstery. Also called 
nouncinn. 
' t. A tool for 
pinnace 
pinky 3 (ping'ki), H.; pi. piitkiix (-ki/.). (l>im. 
of pink*.] A narrow-sterned boat; a pink. 
Also pinkie. 
pinky-built (ping'ki-bilt), a. Built like a 
pinky that is, with a sharp stern, 
pin-lock (pin'lok), H. 1. A form of lock in 
which the bolt is a projecting cylindrical pin. 
2f. A poundmaster's fee. 
The puiloct, or plnder's fee, is regulated by an Act of 
' 
V. , 
. A machine 
for cutting 
and shaping wooden dowels and sash- or blind- 
pins. It cuts and points pins of all shapes and 
diff 
I, N. The small circular in- 
,be m.id fc 
pinque = Pg. pinque, from the D. or LX3.; appar. 
the same, with loss of the initial syllable, as 
MD. esjnnck = Icel. espingr = 8w. esptng, a long 
boat, < MD. espe = Icel. espi, asp, aspen-tree: 
ow 
"Carolina or Indian pink, Spiaelia Marilandica, 
ifuge officinal in the United 
Trm. by dluldlng their 
spreading the 
k'rot), 
lian pi 
\ well-known vermifuge 01 
The plant itself, an herb 
red outsidi 
in the United States. 
-poisonous. 2. 
i showy flowers, 
i, common southward 
Also called Maryland 
The name extends to the 
softening skins after they have been soaked in 
a weak solution of sulphuric acid, rinsed with 
clean water, and again steeped in a solution of 
sal-soda and soap, which neutralizes any traces 
of acid remaining after the rinsing process. 
It consists of a large drum, with pins projecting from the 
interior surface, in which the skins are placed loosely, the 
drum revolving till they are sufficiently pliable for future 
operations. 
The Morocco tanners at Lynn, Mass. , and other places 
In New England where It Is used, call it a pin-mflj. 
C. T. Davit, Leather, p. 251. 
pink-saucer (pingk'sa'sr), n. A small sau- 
it the brewhouses In Saint Katherines. <"er coated with a coloring substance which, .. , _ 
/>,. Taylor (Arber s Eng. Garner, L 245)! when applied to the face, gives a fresh pink col- pin^oney (pin'mun'i), . 1. An allowance or 
A Dutch pint arrived, which had been to the southward or; also, a similar saucer the coating of i Vcasional gift ma de by a husband to his wife, 
a trading. WinUtrop, Hist. New England, I. m was formerly used to give a flesh-tint 1 iilK either voluntarily or as a part of the marriage 
pink* (pingk), n. [Imitative; cf. spink and J-tockings or ribbons. 
finch, and also pine-pine. Hence dim. pinkety.] 
A finch; the chaffinch or spink, Frinffitta ctelebs. 
pink 6 !,". [Origin obscure.] A game at cards : 
[Dutch Amer- 
"the same as post*, 11. Collier's Hist. Dram. 
Poet., ii. 315. (Halliipclt.) 
Whitsuntide: as, 
ican.] 
The next day was the first of the three that are devoted 
to Pinbter, the great Saturnalia of the New York blacks, 
pmkcheek (pingk'chek), . An Australian fish, AlthoU( , n this festival Is always kept with more vivacitv 
I'peneiclitliy* porosus. [New South \\ales.] at Albany than In Yrk, It Is far from being neglected, 
pinked (pingkt), J.o. Pierced or worked with even now, In the latter place. Cooper, Satanstoe, Iv. 
small holes, sometimes showing a lining of an- pinkster-flower (pingk'ster-flou'er), . The 
other color; reticulated; scalloped. beautiful shrub Kliododendron (Azalea) nudi- 
A haberdasher's wife of small wit ... railed upon me, florum, common in swamps and on shaded hill- 
till her pinked porringer fell off her head. sides from Canada to Texas. The flowers have the 
Shale., Hen. VIII., T. 4. 50. 
The Court Is all full of vests, only my Lord St. Albans not 
piuM, but plain Mark : and they say the King says the 
Pinking upon white makes them look too murh like mag- 
pies. Ptpy, Wary, II. 475. 
Letters, long proofs of love, and verses fine 
Round the pint'd rims of crisped Valentine 
Craobe, Works, I. 111. 
pinkeen (ping'ken). w. [< Ir. pincin.] The 
stickleback. [South of Ireland.] 
pinker (ping'ker),. [< pink* + -erl] 1. One 
who scallops silk or other fabric; one who 
makes eyelets or small ornamental holes or scal- 
lops in cloth. 2f. A piercer or stabber; one 
who stabs another, as in a duel, 
pinkety (ping'ket-i), i. ; pi. pMsVMa (-iz). [Imi- 
tative ; as mnA- 6 4- -r ly, with dim. force.] The 
chaffinch, rringilla etrlebn. [Prov. Eng.] 
pink -oye 1 (pingk'i), . [<pink* + eye' 1 .] A con- 
tagious influenza of horses. It U a febrile disease, 
closely allied to scarlet fever In man, named from the pink 
color of the conjunctiva. There is t similar Inflammation 
of the eye In man. 
pink-eye- (pingk'i ), H. f < pink 3 , r., wink, blink, 
-1- eye*, after MD. 'pinck-oogkt, pimp-ooghe, one 
who has small eyes; cf. pinek-ooghrii, pimii- 
ixMjhen, make the eyes small, look at with half- 
Hhut eyes, contract the eyebrows, wink, Mink: 
< i>tii<j;rii, wink, + imiihi; evr : *<; )iink*. r., and 
rye*. I'iiik in the Shaksprrr quot. is usually 
I'l'-d as an adj., with the assumed sense 
'winking' or 'blinking'; but if an adj., it must 
belong to pink*. Cf. pinky*.] A small eye. 
H was a sport very pleasannt of thceze beastx, to see the 
bear with his pink nyi leering after his enmlex approach. 
Flowering Brunch nt Purple Azalea, or Pinkvler-fiower tJUudodtn- 
style and stamens much exserted, and are quite rariablc 
In color pink, purple, and (In the South) sometimes yel- 
low. Also called azalea and honrjinirkle. [Local, New 
grass, 
Laiifham, LetU-r from Ken II worth. (Harm.) 
Humpy llacchus with pinlt eyne. 
SkaJt., A. and C., II. 7. 121. 
pink-eyed 
-t<Ti.] Hi . 
moose or rabbit. This ls the nsoal color of the eyes In Dinky 1 (Ting'ki), 
-I1.I..1- ..1 .1 . _.._I. !,._*. II.. ... vuv n<rflM4at1 ntm_ . ." . * 
(pingk'id), a. [< pink* + eyl + 
Having pink eyes, literally, as a white 
,,. A pinky. 
(pingk'sternd), a. Narrow or 
le stern, as a pinky. 
(pingk'wed), H. The common knot- 
, I'lilyginiiim aricularr: so called from a 
_ inkish color about the joints, 
linkwood (pingk'wud), n. A Brazilian tree, 
JHcyi>clliuni (I'ersea) earyophyllatum, scented 
throughout like the carnation, whence the 
name; also, an unspecified Australian cabinet- 
wood. Braxlllan plnkwood. See Phytomlmma 
settlement, for her separate use, to be employed 
in the purchase of apparel or of ornaments for 
her person, or for other personal expenditure. 
Technically, In lair, it Is an annual sum ; and arrears can 
be claimed only for one year, and by the wife, but not by 
her representatives. 
They have a greater interest in property than either 
maids or wives, and do not hold their Jointures by the 
precarious tenure of portions or pin-money. 
Additon, The Ladles' Association. 
The main Article with me Is, that Foundation of Wives 
Rebellion, and Husbands Cuckoldum, that cursed Pin- 
Montii Five-hundred Pound per Annum Pin-Money. 
Steele, Tender Husband, L L 
2. A similar allowance made to any one, as to 
a daughter. 
pinna 1 (piu'a), n. ; pi. pinnee (-e). [NL., < L. 
pinna, pciina, a feather, wing: eejtl..p*M.] 
1. In anat. and :wil. : (a) A feather. Seejten- 
na. (b) Abird'swing. Seejn'nioHi. (r)Afish's 
fin: the usual technical name, (d) Some wing- 
like or fin-like part or organ, as the flipper of a 
seal or cetacean, (c) The outer ear, which pro- 
jects from the head; the auricle, or pavilion 
of the ear. See cut under carl. (/) The nos- 
tril, or wing of the nose, (g) One of the smaller 
branches of some polyps, as plumularians. (h) 
In entomology, a small oblique ridge forming 
one of the lines of a pinnate surface. See pin- 
nate. 2. In bot., one of the primary divisions 
of a pinnate leaf: applied most commonly to 
ferns. In a simply pinnate leaf It Is a single leaflet, In 
a blplnnate leaf It consists of a partial petiole or rachls 
with the leaflet* arranged along the sides. See cut under 
Otmunda. Dilatator pinnae. Same as depnttor alte 
nari. Plnnffi Of the nose, the ake nasl ; the nostrils. 
Pinna- (pin'a), . [NL., < L. pinna, pina, < (Jr. 
irivva, viva, a kind of mussel.] 1. A genus of bi- 
valves, typical of the family 
Pinnidff. They are commonly 
called tea-mngi, and are re- 
markable for the site of the byssus 
by which they adhere to rocks. 
It Is notably long and delicate, Is 
very strong, has a beautiful silky 
luster, and Is capable of being 
woven Into cloth, upon which a 
very high value Is set This 
manufacture wa s known to the 
iiiirirnts, and is still pmctised in 
Italy. Some species of Pinna 
measure about two feet long, with 
a hyssus of the same length. See 
also cut under bymu. 
2. ('.<.] A bivalve mollusk 
of tne genus Pinna. 
pinnace (pin'as), n. [For- 
ini rly also jiinnfe ; < P. pi- 
naase, pinace = Sp. 
a, the 
i, a. r M ,. iyoccairlngorartlflcUliypr,> *V,iuk*coior; "somewhat pint" name, piiutce "= Sp. pinasa = Pg. pinaca, < It. 
id cbwIiwhVhsrethen tinged a llght-red color pinky- ,pmg'ki),<i. [A\nopinkit,pinkey; <pink j)ina5r,^iNjwa,apinnace,pine,aiiythingmade 
by the blood In the minute resscls. + -y 1 .] Winking; blinking; pink-eyed. of pine, a uliip, < L. piiiim. pin- : sec /<'. .] 
)ink-yed-(pinnk'id),.,. [< pink-ey* + *P.] The be with hU !* e,s.leerlnser his enemy's ^ fll ''- : <t) A small .vessel, generally with 
Having smBll or blinking eyes. approach. Knight, Plct. Hist. Eng., n. 875. two masts rigged like those of a schooner, and 
